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Mason King of MICS was named defensive player of the year and Quay Fleurine of Cherryville was named specialist of the year

Bessemer City and Thomas Jefferson shared the Southern Piedmont football conference title for the second consecutive season, so it's not surprising that the two teams led the way in all-conference selections.

The Gryphons and Yellow Jackets both placed nine players on the all-conference team. Bessemer City, which set a program record for wins with 11 this year, had six seniors on the list — Emanuel Bido, Mat Day, Zavion Williams, Jay Sadler, Quincy Grier and Tre Corry. The Jackets will have to replace those leaders next season, but they also had an all-conference junior, Brandon Gunter, and two sophomores, Keyonta Thomasson and Kiantai Degree, who will likely be leaders on the defensive side of the ball next season.

Longtime Thomas Jefferson coach Jerry Cash was named coach of the year after leading his team to an 11-2 record and ten straight wins to start the year. CSD quarterback Luke Watts threw for 2,934 yards and 17 touchdowns while rushing for 1,880 and 25 scores on his way to offensive player of the year honors.

On the defensive side, senior MICS linebacker Mason King earned player of the year honors after finishing with 137 total tackles, ten tackles for loss, ten sacks, two interceptions and a fumble recovery.

Cherryville's Quay Fleurine, who returned a punt and a kickoff for a touchdown this season, was named the conference specialist of the year. As a wide out, Fleurine led the team with 345 receiving yards on 24 catches with one touchdown.

Southern Piedmont 1A All-Conference Football 2017

Season Awards

Offensive Player of the Year – Luke Watts, Community School of Davidson

Defensive Player of the Year – Mason King, Mountain Island Charter

Specialist of the Year – Quay Fleurine, Cherryville

Coach of the Year – Jerry Cash, Thomas Jefferson

All-Conference

1st — Thomas Jefferson 10-1, 6-1

Nomi McMullens

Bill Lay

Miller Outten

Max Robbins

Stephen Hargett

Colin Martin

Ethan Jackson

Josh Mellon

Caleb Camp

1st — Bessemer City 10-1, 6-1

Emanuel Bido

Mat Day

Zavion Williams

Kiantai Degree

Keyonta Thomasson

Jay Sadler

Brandon Gunter

Quincy Grier

Tre Corry

3rd — Mountain Island Charter 8-3, 5-2

Elijah Burris

Mason King

Marcus Graham

Michael Spivey

Maurice Evans

Levontae Kennedy

James Gardner

4th — Community School of Davidson 5-6, 4-3

Luke Watts

Mark Lee

Sky Fuller

Jeffrey Smith

Nick Bernadini

Austin Fekete

4th — Union Academy 7-4, 4-3

Hayden Gosnell

Jeremy Miller

Chris Adkins

Derek Young

Phifer Griffin

Carson Malone

6th — Cherryville 4-7, 2-5

Quay Fleurine

Chapel Moss

Ben Deviney

Jace Brittain

Sean Kostiuk

7th — Pine Lake Prep 3-8, 1-6

AJ Harris

Zach Morlidge

Kris Petroski

8th — Highland Tech 2-9, 0-7

Wiley Martin

Gavin Davis

Caleb Hill

All-conference teams are voted on by the coaches at the end of the regular season.

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